Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3712 May 25- June 8 | Page 27

VOL.37 • ISS. 12
SALTWATER REPORTS
BERKELEY
Halibut And Bass Continue To
Bite Inside S.F. Bay!
EAST BAY - “Halibut fishing has been
steady most days, although I think it is
going to slow down a little because the
tides are ramping up this week,” reported
Captain Chris Smith of Happy Hooker
Sportfishing.
“All in all, we are getting about a halibut
per rod on most trips along with a sprinkling
of stripers. Most of the keeper halibut go
from 22 inches to about 10 pounds, but
much larger fish from 25 to 40 pounds are
being caught,” said Capt. Chris.
Captain James Smith of California Dawn
Sportfishing is also enjoying very good live
bait potluck action.
“The fishing is really good. We are
getting over a fish per rod right now and I
think this bite is going to hold up for quite a
while. It will slow down next week with the
big tides, but it should bounce right back.
On our last trip, we had 20 keeper halibut to
18 pounds and 9 stripers. We also released
about 80 short halibut,” said James.
Captain Quan Vo of Goldeneye 2000
Sportfishing is also average a fish per
rod or better while drifting live bait. On his
last trip, Capt. Vo scored 12 halibut to 24
pounds and added 6 stripers for his 10
anglers.
Captain Joe and Joey Gallia of New
Easy Rider Sportfishing are ready to get
outside the Golden Gate after salmon, but
for the short term they are staying inside
the bay to target bass and halibut.
The action has been good for their
anglers. For example, on May 13 the New
Easy Rider had 13 halibut and 17 bass to
15 pounds for their 13 anglers..
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BODEGA BAY -  The salmon season
from Horse Mountain in Humboldt County
south to Pigeon Point opens on June 17,
and there will be tremendous interest in
salmon fishing out of this Sonoma County
port. In the meantime, rockfishing remains
outstanding both north and south of the
harbor.
Captain Rick Powers of the New Sea
Angler and
Bodega Bay
Sport Fishing
said, “The
rockfish and
lingcod action
has been
phenomenal as
we are going
out only 3 or
4 times per
week with light
loads. We took
out Fish Sniffer
contributor,
Kathie Morgan,
this week along
with a group of
outdoor writers
from California
hosted by
the Sonoma
County Tourism
Association,
and we put in
limits of lingcod
to 15 pounds
along with limits
of big rockfish
composed of
vermilions,
coppers, Chinas,
and Bolinas
cod.”
“We
have been
concentrating
The rockfish bite is outstanding at the Farallon Islands. These
on
the bottom-
handsome reds were caught on May 5.
Photo courtesy of GOLDENEYE 2000 SPORTFISHING, Berkeley. dwellers as the
school fish have
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Captain James Smith (Right) helps one of his clients show off the two massive halibut he
caught on May 9. One fish went 40 lbs and the other was 35.
Photo courtesy of CALIFORNIA DAWN SPORTFISHING, Berkeley.
This young angler was all smiles after landing this quality S.F. Bay halibut while tossing a
swimbait from the deck of the Goldeneye 2000 on May 6.
Photo courtesy of GOLDENEYE 2000 SPORTFISHING, Berkeley.
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